Report: Broncos Re-Sign LB Alex Singleton to 3-Year Deal
The Denver Broncos 'Bash Brothers' — Josey Jewell and Alex Singleton — will be reunited for another season. After the linebacker duo roamed the middle of the field in 2022, providing pleasantly surprising play last season, the continuity at the position was in question with Singleton set to hit the free-agent market.
With Singleton having only earned just over $3 million in total over his first five years in the NFL, no one would have faulted him for leaving Denver and chasing the biggest offer possible on the open market. Fortunately for the Broncos, the off-ball linebacker will be returning to be paired with Jewell once again.
First reported by 9NEWS' Mike Klis, the Broncos have agreed to a three-year contract with Singleton.
"Per source. the Broncos are re-signing ILB Alex Singleton on a three-year, $18 million contract with $9 million guarantee. The smiling tackling machine is back," Klis tweeted Monday afternoon.
Playing on a one-year deal, Singleton bet on himself, accumulating a whopping 163 combined tackles (101 solo), 62 run stops, 13 hurries, and a defensive grade of 79.1 from Pro Football Focus in 2022. While not an overly dynamic player in terms of eye-popping athletic testing or jaw-dropping size, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound Singleton was solid each and every week he was placed in the Broncos' starting defense.
Singleton earned an All-Pro vote from the Associated Press as a linebacker, was listed as one of the top 100 free agents in the NFL by multiple outlets this offseason, was named the Broncos' 'most improved' player of 2022 by PFF, and earned the title of Denver’s 'unsung hero' from NFL.com. It's good to see a player who had things clicking in Denver be rewarded for his play and retained going forward.
With Jewell and Singleton both under contract for next season, as well as the Broncos’ picking up the exclusive-rights free-agent tender on fellow linebacker Jonas Griffith, the team has a solid linebacker room for Vance Joseph's defense, on paper. This does not mean the Broncos won’t look to add talent to the position via the NFL draft.
After all, Jewell is entering a contract year and has dealt with multiple injuries throughout his career. But by bringing Singleton back, the Broncos have multiple known quantities in the room.
And the player gets to multiply his career earnings to date by five. Everyone wins.
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